This whole Gerald Ford thing...

[renie408]

I have been reading the Ford posts off and on all day and I have come up with an idea perhaps, JUST MAYBE, Gerald Ford was like most of us and not one dimensional. Yes, I know, that is a radical concept. I was listening to some stuff that was said on NPR (yes, I know. I am sure that NPR IS a closet GOP propaganda machine, but I couldn't afford to renew my XFM) and it seemed to me that Ford was probably a generally nice guy who backed into the position he found himself in. Not being the brightest bulb in the box, he may not have made the greatest choices in every situation.

But what good does it do to villify the guy on the day of his death? How...icky. And no matter what you think, there is no inherent morality to this strident, inflexible...ickiness. Jeez Louise, if you can get THAT worked up over Ford, you can get worked up over just about anybody! I mean, come on! You guys need to pick one, maybe two, Mastermind Antichrists and stick with them. Not EVERY SINGLE Republican to hold office has been the spawn of Satan. And I am willing to bet that quite a few Democrats made mistakes bigger than anything Ford did.

Constant, corrosive criticism is easy. It is VERY easy to figure out where people have screwed up. Putting it in perspective is hard.

I think if I am going to have to take somebody's word on Gerald Ford, I choose to take Jimmy Carter's. And he had some nice things to say about the man. I am sure that some of you here know FAR MORE about Gerald Ford than Jimmy Carter does. Or wait, I am sure Jimmy Carter is ALSO a bad man. But if I have to pick, I am still going with Carter.